Hustle and Gig : Struggling and Surviving in the Sharing Economy /

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Choose your hours, choose your work, be your own boss, control your own income. Welcome to the sharing economy, a nebulous collection of online platforms and apps that promise to transcend capitalism. Supporters argue that the gig economy will reverse economic inequality, enhance worker rights, and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ravenelle, Alexandrea J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2019]
Temas:
Cooperation.
Employee rights.
Flexible work arrangements > United States.
Independent contractors.
Labor market > United States.
Labor > United States.
Precarious employment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor.
airbnb.
be your own boss.
choose your hours.
choose your work.
control your own income.
discrimination.
economic inequality.
enhance worker rights.
entrepreneurs.
gig economy.
kitchensurfing.
maintain algorithm approved acceptance.
millennial workers.
online platforms.
response rates.
right to unionize.
sexual harassment.
sharing economy.
taskrabbit.
transcend capitalism.
uber.
volatility.
worker safety.
workplace protections.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Strugglers, Strivers, and Success Stories
  • 2. What Is the Sharing Economy?
  • 3. Forward to the Past and the Early Industrial Age
  • 4. Workplace Troubles
  • 5. Sharing Is Caring
  • 6. All in a Day's (Dirty) Work
  • 7. Living the Dream?
  • 8. Conclusion
  • Appendix 1. Demographic Survey
  • Appendix 2. Interview Matrix
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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